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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

Gaggle Speaks

I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0; Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends.

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4 Important Lessons from 15 Years in EdTech

Gaggle Speaks

I constantly play contrarian with our marketing team around using the latest education lingo: Project-Based Learning; Web 2.0; Collaborative Learning, 21st Century Skills; Blending Learning, Student Engagement, MOOC; Flipped Classroom; Gamification; Big Data. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends.

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How Teaching Using Mindfulness or Growth Mindset Can Backfire

Edsurge

Even some colleges are trying it out as a way to help students. As you say, mindfulness is a big trend these days, and there are a lot of great effects of mindfulness. Getting a C is just the first step in a process of actually learning something, not the demonstration that you hadn't learned it.

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Speak Up, Speak Out! The Student Voices That Stirred Higher Ed in 2016

Edsurge

Our aim: to amplify the voices of students from all backgrounds to shape how higher education is evolving. EdSurge Independent is a student-run community that meets online once a week to discuss trends and ideas within postsecondary education, and share their experiences on a student-run Medium blog.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” Via eSchool News : “Why chatbots are not the future of student engagement.” The “adaptive learning” company has raised $23.5

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. Uber for Education". “We

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